We have had more than our fair share of male bonding films in Hindi cinema, from Shaukeen to Dil Chahta Hai to comic capers like Golmaal and Garam Masala.

On the other hand and across the water in Hollywood, everyone from Julia Roberts (Mystic Pizza) to Britney Spears (Crossroads) has been a part of the chick flick revolution.

However, there has never really been a chick flick film in Hindi cinema, until now. Rekha, Mahima Chaudhary, Kim Sharma and Vasundhara Das are starring in Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana, a film debutant director Amar Butala claims is Hindi cinema's first real chick flick. Butala swears, "The film is not as sexual as 'Sex and the City' (the successful US series), but the women in this film discuss everything - men, friendship, marriage, divorce, babies, diamonds and yes, even sex in a language that women in urban India will surely connect with."

It is difficult for a first time director to put together a cast, and can be more so when it involves four women. Nonetheless, Butala managed it and is very excited, particularly about the presence of Rekha, who the director says is the only actor who could pull off the role of a diva effortlessly.

"I needed someone to play a socialite, who's been through four marriages and yet has never had a child," he adds.

Kim Sharma plays a bimbette, while Vasundhara plays pregnant through most parts of the film.

About casting the Vasundhara, the director says, "I wanted someone who had that glow that pregnant women usually have and she was just right."

He also says Mahima suited the role of the type of woman who has broken men's hearts, and akin to her own personality, the character is fancy-free and footloose.

Although the film is about women, it caters to men as well. "I remember Rekha telling me once 'You have four gorgeous women in your film, how can the men resist?'," Butala recalls.

And yes, there are enough men in the film too, including Sachin Khedekar, Ashmit Patel, Nikhil Chinapa, Sanjit Bedi, VJ Gaurav Kapoor and model Ashwin Mushran.